Better Know an African City – Mercer Cost of Living Survey 2012 is part of an ongoing series of posts on African cities on Cherchez la Curl. The series aims to collate information on and expose the quirks, infrastructure and beauty of Africa’s cities so as to facilitate discussion that will help their leaders make them […]
May 25, 2012
Better Know an African City – Loveable Cities is part of an ongoing series of posts on African cities on Cherchez la Curl. The series aims to collate information on and expose the quirks, infrastructure and beauty of Africa’s cities so as to facilitate discussion that will help their leaders make them better and more livable. […]
November 12, 2011
Better Know an African City – I See Lagos is part of an ongoing series of posts on African cities on Cherchez la Curl. The series aims to collate information on and expose the quirks, infrastructure and beauty of Africa’s cities so as to facilitate discussion that will help their leaders make them better and more […]
October 9, 2011
Better Know an African City – is part of an ongoing series of posts on African cities on Cherchez la Curl. The series aims to collate information on and expose the quirks, infrastructure and beauty of Africa’s cities so as to facilitate discussion that will help their leaders make them better and more livable. I saw […]
October 2, 2011
My mom is a stickler for time. She likes to proclaim never having missed a flight in her more than 60 years of existence. My mom is such a stickler for time (and a hater of Lagos traffic) that whenever we’re going from Ibadan (or as someone called it, “the last stop in civilization” – […]
July 2, 2011
I am a huge fan of Intelligence Squared, have been attending their events for the past 3 or 4 years, and listening to podcasts of debates of the New York arm of the organization even longer. Intelligence Squared organizes debates following an Oxbridge-like format wherein two sides (usually featuring prominent intellectuals, politicians, writers, philosophers, etc.) […]
May 7, 2011
Better Know an African City – An African Perspective on US Immigration is part of an ongoing series of posts on African cities on Cherchez la Curl. The series aims to collate information on and expose the quirks, infrastructure and beauty of Africa’s cities so as to facilitate discussion that will help their leaders make […]
April 13, 2011
This is completely off topic, but I suppose in a sense not so much. Browsing through past posts on this site, you may notice that I am a fan of the magazine Monocle. If not for my need to earn a living wage and inability to make a decent cup of coffee, I would quit […]
July 1, 2012
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